21 brilliant moments from Notting Hill Carnival 2019

It's the biggest – and the best – street party in Europe, and this year's Carnival was a total scorcher. Relive some of the best moments of the weekend here.

On August Bank Holiday, Notting Hill Carnival took over the streets of west London for a weekend of sun-soaked partying, in celebration of the city's Caribbean communities and heritage. Here's a round-up of just some of the innumerable highlights from the weekend – and what went down at the Red Bull Music Sound System.

4. And Jodian Natty turned up the heat even more

The midday sun is already at full force by the time Jodian Natty took to the Red Bull Music Sound System on Sunday 25, but she managed to ramp up the centigrades further with her opening track, Put It on Me, and a hair-raising performance with her dance partner. Did someone say it’s getting hot here?

Listen to her set on Red Bull Radio in the player below:

5. Sneakbo arrived to the party undercover

The South London artist has been one of the best in the game for almost a decade, but you might not have recognised him as he made his way through Carnival and onto to the Sound System stage with a new hair do. After the big reveal, he whirled through tracks like Mariah and Ain’t On Nuttin’ with the crowd recording his every move.

When two of dancehall’s biggest and brightest names get together, namely the esteemed Jamaican selector Tony Matterhorn and fast-rising star Alicai Harley, it goes off. Their new joint, project, the Hot Shots After-Dark Sound System, was electric. Matterhorn’s Goodas Fi Dem, Harley’s Proper Paper and a rework of Lauryn Hill’s Doo Wop (That Thing) gave life back to any weary legs from a long and sweaty afternoon.

9. Channel One Sound System celebrated 40 years in their same Notting Hill spot

10. Spice teaches this guy how to whine

Bringing a next-level energy to the Red Bull Music Sound System stage with tracks like Romantic Mood and So Mi Like It, Spice calls out two lucky fellas from the crowd and asks, "do you know how to whine? I'm going to teach you."

Listen to an hour of bashment bangers courtesy of Lil C, live from Carnival 2019